11857811

Detection, Localization, And/Or Suppression of Neural Activity Using Acoustic Waves And/Or Ultrasound

PublishedJanuary 2, 2024
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17 claims

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2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the neural activity in the brain is provided by a processor integrated with a helmet, and the one or more ultrasonic transducers are integrated with the helmet.

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3. The method of claim 1, wherein the ultrasound energy has a frequency in a range from 0.5 megahertz to 1 megahertz.

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4. The method of claim 1, wherein the neural activity is associated with a seizure.

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5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more ultrasonic transducers are integrated with a helmet.

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6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors are positioned between the skull and a scalp.

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7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors comprise acoustic transducers, and the acoustic transducers operate at a lower frequency than the one or more ultrasonic transducers.

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8. The method of claim 1, further comprising localizing the location of the neural activity in the brain with machine learning techniques prior to the receiving.

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10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a helmet, the ultrasonic transducers integrated with the helmet.

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11. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to cause the ultrasonic transducers to apply the ultrasound energy to the location within a millisecond time range from detecting the neural activity.

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12. The system of claim 9, wherein the ultrasound energy has a frequency in a range from 0.5 megahertz to 5 megahertz.

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13. The system of claim 9, wherein the neural activity is associated with a seizure.

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14. The system of claim 9, wherein the sensors comprise acoustic transducers.

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15. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to identify the location of the neural activity in the brain with machine learning techniques.

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17. The method of claim 16, wherein the sensors comprise at least one of acoustic transducers, accelerometers, or optical sound sensors.

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18. The method of claim 16, wherein the ultrasound energy has a frequency in a range from 0.5 megahertz to 5 megahertz.

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19. The method of claim 16, wherein the applying is performed within a millisecond time range from the sensing.

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20. The method of claim 16, wherein the determining comprises determining the location with a resolution on an order of a millimeter.

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Publication Date

January 2, 2024

Inventors

Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub
Kamyar Firouzi
George Quintin Stedman

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